R.C. Whitwell won the USRA Modified main event.

R.C. Whitwell dropped into Lucas Oil Speedway to tune up for an upcoming special and walked away with momentum and a nice pay day.

Whitwell drove to a $1,000 victory in the Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modified feature Saturday night, headlining the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series program.

Also earning feature wins on Fan Appreciation Night presented by The CW Ozarks/O-zone were Scotty Allen (Medieval USRA Stock Cars) and Kris Jackson (Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods).

Whitwell, an Arizona native who now resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas, started on the front row and led all 25 laps in a caution-free event to capture his first feature win of the season.

Fourth-starting Dillon McCowan moved into second on lap two and that’s where he stayed the rest of the way. Whitwell finished 1.93 seconds in front of McCowan, who solidified his points lead in the division.

“I was actually just hanging on there for dear life. I about spun it out on the infield over here one lap,” Whitwell said in victory lane. “It was quite a handful, but we came out here this week to practice for next week.”

Whitwell was referring to the upcoming USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout next Saturday.

Mike Hansen advanced from eighth at the start to wind up third, with Nic Bidinger fourth Jason Pursley finishing fifth.

USRA Stock Cars win goes to Allen: Scotty Allen led the final six laps and went on to beat points leader David Hendrix to earn the Medieval USRA Stock Cars feature win.

Allen, of Urbana, picked up his third feature win of the season. He passed Hendrix on the backstretch on lap 14 and made the lead stand up, finishing just under one second in front of the runner-up.

Hendrix had taken the lead from Allen on lap two by using an outside pass in turn two, but never was able to shake Allen and eventually surrendered the lead as Allen worked the inside line.

"We had to take a few weeks off, we've been so busy in the shop," said Allen, who runs Allen Autosports building race cars. "I've been a little under the weather with my back and my son took care of it and worked on it, otherwise we wouldn't have been here tonight."

Ed Griggs wound up third with Doug Keller fourth and Jeff Dixon in fifth.

Jackson collects sixth B-Mod feature: Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod points leader Kris Jackson of Lebanon was a wire-to-wire winner in the 20-lap feature, his sixth trip to Lucas Oil Speedway victory lane this season.

Jackson held off J.C. Morton and Jon Sheets after a restart with three laps remaining.

"We were definitely not too proud of this one. We did what we had to do to stay out front," Jackson said. "We had to kind of protect the bottom and take the top lane. The caution saved us once or twice.

"You can sure tell I didn't work on this thing today. We were in Wisconsin (at Mississippi Thunder Speedway) last night and racing a memorial race for one of our friends. We went to bed at 5 a.m., woke up at 9 and hit the road again and we made it here just in time for this race.

"I'm wore out and the car's wore out. When you race with these guys at this track, you really need to have your stuff on its 'A' game. These guys were all over me tonight. They raced me clean and I'm appreciative of that."

Jackson started on the pole and set the early pace in a race that was plagued by a rash of early cautions. J.C. Newell was running second to Jackson when he spun in turn four, bringing out the fifth caution of the race in six completed laps.

Jackson, Morton and 16th-starting Jon Sheets broke away from the pack by lap 10, with fourth-place Tyler Cadwallader four seconds behind the trio.

Jackson led Morton by half-a-second when John Schneider spun in turn four to bring out a caution and set up a three-lap shootout for the win.

Hugging the inside groove, Jackson was flawless the rest of the way to beat Morton by just under one second. Sheets finished one-half car length behind Morton, with Cadwallader fourth and Shawn Whitman finishing fifth.

John Schneider in the house: John Schneider, who played the role of Bo Duke in the television program Dukes of Hazzard, raced in the B-Mod division along with his wife, Alicia. John Schneider started 26th and finished 14th in the main event. Alicia started 25th and wound up 21st.

During intermission, Schneider auctioned off both door panels off his orange No. 01 car, attracting a total of $4,100 going to Shriners Hospital for Children.

USMTS Show-Me Shootout next Saturday: Next Saturday, August 7, at the Lucas Oil Speedway is the 12th Annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment featuring the Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey's.

The Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods and the Medieval USRA Stock Cars will also be in action.

Gates will open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05.

For ticket information for any event during the 2021 Lucas Oil Speedway season, contact McMillan at (417) 282-5984 or via email at nichole@lucasoilspeedway.com. Fans also can use the online ticketing system.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, July 31, 2021

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 317 R.C. Whitwell, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (4) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (5) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
4. (6) 11 Darren Shaw, Lawson, Mo.
5. (8) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
6. (7) 21H Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
7. (2) 98D Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
8. (3) 25 Scotty Roberts, Columbia, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
2. (1) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
3. (6) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
4. (3) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (4) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
6. (5) 00B Scott Bryant, Baring, Mo.
7. (7) 21TW Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
DNS – 71 Dave Elson, Springfield, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 317 R.C. Whitwell, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (4) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
3. (8) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
4. (10) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
5. (3) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (6) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
7. (1) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
8. (14) 98D Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
9. (5) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
10. (11) 21H Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
11. (15) 25 Scotty Roberts, Columbia, Mo.
12. (7) 11 Darren Shaw, Lawson, Mo.
13. (12) 00B Scott Bryant, Baring, Mo.
14. (9) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
15. (13) 21TW Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
16. (16) 71 Dave Elson, Springfield, Mo.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (4) 54 David Hendrix, Waynesville, Mo.
3. (3) 31T Toby Ott, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (2) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
5. (6) 69N James Barker, Nevada, Mo.
6. (5) 12S Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
7. (7) 91 Brian Webster, Holts Summit, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (6) 12 Scotty Allen, Urbana, Mo.
2. (4) 33T Thomas Ground, Kansas City, Mo.
3. (3) 88 Jeff Dixon, Jamesport, Mo.
4. (5) 31 Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
5. (1) 21P Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (2) 77 Zack Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
7. (7) 24W Craig Wright, Arma, Kan.

Feature:
1. (1) 12 Scotty Allen, Urbana, Mo.
2. (3) 54 David Hendrix, Waynesville, Mo.
3. (7) 31 Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
4. (8) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
5. (6) 88 Jeff Dixon, Jamesport, Mo.
6. (5) 31T Toby Ott, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (13) 91 Brian Webster, Holts Summit, Mo.
8. (10) 21P Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
9. (9) 69N James Barker, Nevada, Mo.
10. (12) 12S Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
11. (14) 24W Craig Wright, Arma, Kan.
12. (4) 33T Thomas Ground, Kansas City, Mo.
13. (11) 77 Zack Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
14. (2) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (8) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (4) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
3. (6) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
4. (5) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
5. (2) 33 Brad Page, Butler, Mo.
6. (12) 11W Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (1) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
8. (10) 55G Luke Gideon, Stoutland, Mo.
9. (13) 2E Eric Graves, Richland, Mo.
10. (9) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
11. (3) 01 John Schneider, Holden, La.
12. (11) 9R Cody Stillwell, Ulman, Mo.
DQ – (7) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.

Heat #2:
1. (9) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (2) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (1) 18A Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
4. (5) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
5. (3) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.
6. (4) 6T Michael Taylor III, Kansas City, Mo., Mo.
7. (7) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
8. (6) 77 Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
9. (10) 39 Dwight Brown, Bolivar, Mo.
10. (8) 114 todd Mauk, lebanon mo, Mo.
DNS – 55J Jeremy Short, Peculiar, Mo.
DNS – 25 Galen Hassler, Columbia, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (5) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
2. (3) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (4) 2 Hagen Stevenson, Harrisonville, Mo.
4. (6) 19R Cole Stillwell, Ulman, Mo.
5. (9) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (12) 21M Mitchell Waters, Roach, Mo.
7. (10) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
8. (8) 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.
9. (7) 99L Jeffery Lockard, Butler, Mo.
10. (1) 00 Alicia Schneider, Holden, La.
11. (11) 22C Cole Campbell, Mexico, Mo.
DQ – (2) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (11) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (3) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (1) 6T Michael Taylor III, Kansas City, Mo., Mo.
4. (4) 77 Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
5. (7) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (10) 25 Galen Hassler, Columbia, Mo.
7. (9) 9R Cody Stillwell, Ulman, Mo.
8. (6) 2E Eric Graves, Richland, Mo.
9. (5) 99L Jeffery Lockard, Butler, Mo.
10. (2) 21M Mitchell Waters, Roach, Mo.
11. (8) 114 todd Mauk, lebanon mo, Mo.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (6) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
2. (1) 11W Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (2) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
4. (5) 55J Jeremy Short, Peculiar, Mo.
5. (4) 39 Dwight Brown, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (3) 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.
DNS – 22C Cole Campbell, Mexico, Mo.
DNS – 55G Luke Gideon, Stoutland, Mo.
DNS – 00 Alicia Schneider, Holden, La.
DNS – 01 John Schneider, Holden, La.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (18) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
4. (16) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
5. (7) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (6) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
7. (9) 18A Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
8. (4) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
9. (8) 2 Hagen Stevenson, Harrisonville, Mo.
10. (20) 11W Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
11. (23) 77 Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
12. (24) 55J Jeremy Short, Peculiar, Mo.
13. (13) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
14. (26) 01 John Schneider, Holden, La.
15. (11) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
16. (22) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
17. (19) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
18. (3) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
19. (17) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
20. (21) 6T Michael Taylor III, Kansas City, Mo., Mo.
21. (25) 00 Alicia Schneider, Holden, La.
22. (5) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
23. (15) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.
24. (10) 19R Cole Stillwell, Ulman, Mo.
25. (12) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
26. (14) 33 Brad Page, Butler, Mo.